Walk down memory lane

In my current state of suspended animation, I've been going through a lot of old boxes. It's been a fun walk down memory lane. I found a huge stack of papers that I wrote in elementary and high school. My teachers would always tell me that I would appreciate them some day (and then fail me for having a run-on sentence) and looking back... It's true. And having been a teacher (briefly) I now realize just how hard they were working to get our 5 paragraph essays in tip-top shape.

I also found a few parodies of nursery rhymes that I wrote when I was in high school. They are so ridiculous that I have to post them here. I must have been watching the news when I wrote these because I don't remember being all that aware of current events. Here goes..

OJ Simpson sat on a wall.
OJ Simpson had a great fall.
All the not-guilty verdicts of the jurymen
Couldn't put his reputation back together again.

Little Miss Croat sat on a tuffet
Fighting the Serbs all day.
Along came the UN which gave them a pen
and said sign this treaty today.

Where are they now?

People keep asking what I've been up to... So here is the long awaited answer. Not a whole lot. On second thought.. there are a few things to share. I finished up being a Peace Corps Volunteer in May 2009. Then I headed on a month long trip in Eastern Europe. I'll try to post a few more pictures on that one. I managed to get through Bosnia, which was truly the highlight of the trip. Don't let your memories of the war scare you. They are at peace and it is an interesting country to visit. Sarajevo will certainly pique your Ottoman curiosity.

After that I headed home to Downingtown, PA. It's been a great time to reconnect with my family and make some special memories with my nephew. Back in November 2009, I took a test to be a Foreign Service Officer, the people who work in the embassy. I passed the written and the oral test and now I'm waiting on my security/medical clearance. Any one who has gone through a similar clearance can probably sympathize. It's a long drawn out process that involves a lot of waiting time. But I'm hoping to start working with them somewhere around January/February.

Other than that, I visited Arizona, started working for my dad, contemplated the meaning of life, and have been catching up on past issues of reality TV. I also discovered that American Big Brother isn't any better than Albanian Big Brother. Who knew?!?